Interviews with executives and staff at Anthropic reveal how an obsession with AI safety and ties to effective altruism influence the startup's decisions
what you need to know Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Anthropic releases Claude 2, its second-gen AI chatbot The Economic Times : Inside the white-hot center of AI doomerism Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzz...
Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to lay off an additional 9,000 employees, mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch, after cutting 18,000+ jobs in January 2023
Today I shared with Twitch employees that we've … Annie Palmer / CNBC : Amazon's post-Bezos experiment hasn't gone exactly as planned Bloomberg : Amazon to Cut 9,000 More Jobs, Deepening Biggest Pullb...
Memo: Microsoft plans to lay off 10,000 employees through March 31, reducing its headcount by less than 5%, and take a $1.2B charge tied to severance and more
Yesterday, Microsoft announced it would be the latest tech … Esther Shein / TechRepublic : Microsoft will lay off 10,000 employees Ana Kessler / 80 Level : Microsoft Is Laying Off 10,000 Employees Wad...
SEC proxy filing: Apple cuts Tim Cook's 2023 target compensation by 40%+ to $49M, citing investor guidance and a request from Cook, who was paid $99.4M in 2022
at his own request Anna Cooban / WRAL TechWire : Apple CEO Tim Cook takes a pay cut for 2023 Eddie Makuch / GameSpot : How Much Does Apple's CEO Make? Anna Cooban / CNN : Tim Cook agrees to a massive ...
Sources detail Twitter after mass layoffs: key teams gutted, severance packages account for the WARN Act, and an ad hoc Google Docs directory of remaining staff
Hi 👋 - Third quarter earnings show that big tech … Rise & Shine ☀ : Twitter Layoffs: The lawsuit and Fears of misinformation Nikhil Subramaniam / Inc42 Media : Musk & Mayhem @Twitter Kristin Majcher /...
Meta plans to stop requiring Facebook IDs to log into Quest devices starting in August 2022 and will roll out “Meta accounts” for new and existing Quest users
and that's a win-win for Zuck Lucas Matney / TechCrunch : Meta is dumping Facebook logins as its metaverse ID system Nick Statt / Protocol : Why Meta is killing Facebook logins for VR Tech Advisor : B...
Axios plans to launch Axios HQ in Feb. to help companies write internal memos styled like Axios newsletters, with real-time feedback and “Smart Brevity” score
This coming February, Axios's first software-as-a-service product, AxiosHQ, will hit the market. Tweets: @bmorrissey , @ldrogen , @overlayered , and @knizbet See also Mediagazer Tweets: Brian Morrisse...
Facebook disbands its widely publicized “War Room”, says it wasn't a permanent solution, touts Strategic Response Team as its way to handle future crises
Mark Zuckerberg is in a crisis of leadership. Fortune : Data Sheet—Bitcoin Bites It Casey Newton / The Verge : The UK's inquiry into fake news is focused on a long-dead bikini-finding app Mike Godwin ...
In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg says he will stay on as Facebook's chairman, defends COO Sheryl Sandberg, reiterates Facebook's potential as a force for good
but ousting her alone wouldn't solve its problems Michael Nuñez / Mashable : Facebook admits hiring PR firm to attack billionaire George Soros Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian : Zuckerberg's control o...
Interviews with more than 50 people show how Facebook stumbled in dealing with multiple crises, which Zuckerberg and Sandberg initially tried to obscure
and that it might be toxic Lauren Johnson / Business Insider : Quartz's new app is banking on big names like Richard Branson to help create a 'constructive … Recode : Recode Daily: Facebook battles re...